Travel articles Hotel Del Coronado
One woman who died in the Hotel Del Coronado still waits for her husband to return. Belize: An eco-paradise that's accessible and affordable
Spectacular coral reefs mean some of the world's best snorkeling and diving, plus tropical jungles filled with Mayan ruins, butterflies, and a few jaguars.
Swimming Pool at Monte Carlo Hotel Casino
Picture and details about the swimming pool area at the Monte Carlo Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. Tinkerbell - Tinkerbell Pictures
Tinkerbell spreading pixie dust at the Disneyland Hotel. Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard?
While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
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